Category: Bird Enviornments - Page 21

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Why Does My Ringneck Keep Flying From My Shoulder to Her Cage?

Mitch Rezman
July 9, 2021
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Ringnecks
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Lydia G. has 2 issues with my Indian Ringneck

Hi, my Indian Ringneck keeps flying back to her cage all the time when I take her around on my shoulder.

She won’t venture further than a foot away from it.

She also has a box she likes to spend time in and on.

She has toys to play with and I give her branches to rip up.

I keep going and getting her every time and repeat it quite a few times and she always goes back.

She was doing this at her previous owners too.

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two cockatiels sitting a branch, one from the front and one from the back, small cockatoos from australia

How Do I Handle 2 Flighted Out of Control Cockatiels?

Mitch Rezman
July 9, 2021
Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Biting Birds / Cockatiels
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Elleen A. relates,

I have 2 male fully flighted cockatiels that will not let us handle them. They are bonded. How can I get them to let us handle them again?

Dear Elleen

Short answer. You can’t. Birds of a feather stick together and you have no feathers.

Long answer.

You can clip their wings, separate them into different cages, and plan to spend several hours with each of them individually in daily sessions in hopes to earn their trust and want to be with you.

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How Do I Stop My 21-year-old Female Cockatiel From Screaming?

Mitch Rezman
July 8, 2021
Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting
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Nancy B. has a very needy cockatiel,

My 21-year-old female cockatiel refuses to stay in her cage.

She goes to all extents to get attention, the most of which is constant screaming.

If she so much as hears a squeak as I’m walking down the stairs – she starts screaming.

She can go on for hours at a time until I finally take her out of the cage.

This behavior is constant and interestingly she tries to “mate” when she sits on my finger.

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Two beautiful gray parrots on the branches

Hello, I Am Looking for Help in Training My Parrots

Mitch Rezman
June 25, 2021
African grey / Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Bird Rescue / Feather Plucking
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Sarah A. relates,

Hello, I am looking for help in training my parrots.

I have two African grey parrots.

They are 21 and we have had them their whole lives.

My mom used to handle them, however, she began to have severe allergies from their dust.

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Is a Prevue 3181 the Right Size Playstand for My Parakeet?

Mitch Rezman
June 25, 2021
Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Supplies Info / Budgies / Parakeets
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Lisa H. wants to know,

Did I buy the right size play stand for my parakeet?

Hello. I probably should have asked you this Before I bought the play stand, but I was excited to receive it.

So now, before I open it, I would love to hear your opinion if I did right.

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How Do I Help Heal My Zebra Finches Foot?

Mitch Rezman
June 25, 2021
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird Enviornments / Finches / Habitats for caged birds
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Carla D. writes,

My zebra finch has injured his foot on a perch and has a scab on the ball of his foot.

I have been treating it with Neosporin. Is there anything else that I should do?

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What Is a Reliable Bird-safe Emergency Heat Source?

Mitch Rezman
June 25, 2021
Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Events / Pionus parrot / Veterinarian Related
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Jean R. is concerned,

I have a middle-aged white-capped Pionus parrot.

I live in North Carolina in an apartment that uses electric heat.

I chose this apartment for my parrot because I ran into issues with gas leaks at other places and was concerned about my bird.

But in making the switch I lost the option to use gas logs in a winter loss of power in cold weather (which we had last winter).

I do not even get hot water.

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Why Does My Older Budgie Continually Fall Off His Perches?

Mitch Rezman
June 18, 2021
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments
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Older rescued parakeet drops from perches many times a day and then climbs back up.

Avian Vet could not find a reason except that her feet are not very strong and her breastbone is small.

What else can we do for her?

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How Do I Handle My Deceased Partners Double Yellow Head Amazon?

Mitch Rezman
June 18, 2021
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments
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I have my partner’s Double Yellow Head Amazon (Hen) he had her 35 years, (he figured she was about 5 yrs old when he got her), I was with him the last 25 years.

He passed away on 1-14-20 Congestive Heart Failure.

I had never handled her I was afraid of being bitten, but I started just after he died I figured it was not would she bite me but when & how hard. In the last year, she has only bitten me maybe 7 or 8 times and only drew blood 3 times.

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What Are Those Dark Brown Bugs I Am Seeing Near His Birdcage?

Mitch Rezman
June 18, 2021
Bathing and Health / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments
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Sue is concerned,

I’m seeing small, dark brown bugs which don’t bite in the low-level carpeting near his big cage, where his daily food is on a shelf bagged and sealed, or in plastic containers. Supplies are refrigerated.

I tried spraying with white vinegar.

Can you advise me on a debugger? I tried to download photos but failed.

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Why Does My Ringneck Keep Flying From My Shoulder to Her Cage?

How Do I Handle 2 Flighted Out of Control Cockatiels?

How Do I Stop My 21-year-old Female Cockatiel From Screaming?

Hello, I Am Looking for Help in Training My Parrots

Is a Prevue 3181 the Right Size Playstand for My Parakeet?

How Do I Help Heal My Zebra Finches Foot?

Why Does My Older Budgie Continually Fall Off His Perches?

How Do I Handle My Deceased Partners Double Yellow Head Amazon?

What Are Those Dark Brown Bugs I Am Seeing Near His Birdcage?

Since 1993Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free$7 Ships Small

Toll Free877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

618 E Commercial Ave,Lowell, IN 46356 USA

Since 1993
Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free
$7 Ships Small

Toll Free
877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

618 E Commercial Ave,
Lowell, IN 46356 USA